blue fox


noun
  1. a bluish-gray winter color phase of the Arctic fox, Alopex lagopus.

  2. the Arctic fox in summer pelage.

  1. the blue fur of this animal.

  2. any white fox fur dyed blue.

Origin of blue fox

1
First recorded in 1860–65

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How to use blue fox in a sentence

  • Time waits for no man; warriors are not women; Blue-fox would like to hold a council with his Pale brothers.

    The Border Rifles | Gustave Aimard
  • Blue-fox could not at all understand this strange trail, which in no way resembled those he was accustomed to follow.

    The Border Rifles | Gustave Aimard
  • He thus reached the spot where lay the body of Blue-fox, with a wide gaping wound in his chest.

    The Border Rifles | Gustave Aimard
  • Blue-fox is no cowardly old woman whom a tooth-ache or ear-ache renders incapable of moving.

    The Border Rifles | Gustave Aimard
  • Blue-fox then walked up to the hunter, who had hitherto been a silent, if not indifferent, spectator of the ceremony.

    The Border Rifles | Gustave Aimard

British Dictionary definitions for blue fox

blue fox

noun
  1. a variety of the arctic fox that has a pale grey winter coat and is bred for its fur

  2. the fur of this animal

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